10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 7
Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Mulch Bare Areas Heavily used areas frequently have compacted soils and little capacity to absorb runoff....
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Missing Our Turtle Friend
By Claire Pendergast Sadly, we’ve lost one of our longtime residents. This large mature Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra Serpentina) was...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Fall Foliage Race 2023
by Paula Easton As summer winds down, we look forward to fall foliage and the 24th annual Waterford Fall Foliage 5K Road Race, Fitness...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Sep 4
- 3 min
Thanks for Sharing
By Robert Spencer, Over the Dam Most times, when I run into C.T. in the Flat, I smile and say, “Thanks for the water.” We both laugh. He...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Rain Song, Birdsong
©Julie Marie Hoey ancient scents waft up emitted from the loam visiting the heart of Maine tis here I feel at home pale Payne’s grey...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Aug 7
- 1 min
10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 6
Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Take care of roof runoff While water coming directly off the roof is relatively clean, it builds up enough...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Our Friendly Loons
by Claire Pendergast There is nothing more peaceful and welcoming when arriving each summer than the sound of loon calls on Keoka Lake....
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Aug 7
- 2 min
LakeSmart Tip: Get Pumped!!
From Lakes Environmental Association Untreated effluent that escapes from a failing septic system is a potential source of additional...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Jun 21
- 4 min
And Keoka Took a Bruisin’
by Charlie Tarbell Water quality at the start of the 2023 season is the worst we have seen in many years. Clarity is abysmal, even in...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Paddleboards on Keoka
By Robert Spencer, Over the Dam A summer morning when a thin haze of gray fog fills the air just above Keoka’s surface. I sit on a large...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Paddlers, label your canoes and kayaks!
From the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Each year the Maine Warden Service and Maine Marine Patrol respond to many...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Jun 21
- 1 min
10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 4
Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Tip 4 of 10: Fix your driveway Lakefront driveways are one of the biggest culprits of erosion on residential...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- May 18
- 2 min
Interview with an Artist: Shauna Sprunger
KLA has been that Shauna Sprunger has allowed us to display her beautiful photography of Keoka on our website. Brenda Hambleton sat down...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- May 18
- 1 min
10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 3
LEA & Maine Lakes Tip 3 of 10: Stop Over-Fertilizing Your Lawn Eighty percent of all soils tested by the University of Maine Cooperative...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- May 18
- 1 min
Maine Boating Impacts Coalition: Wakes and Lake Health
by Charlie Tarbell With their unique ballast tanks, designed to produce maximum wakes, these boats direct their prop wash down toward the...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- May 18
- 5 min
Observations of Keoka Lake by a Summer Resident
I love returning to Keoka Lake each spring. If the ice is out, or nearly so, I immediately jump on my paddleboard. The earliest I have...
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Brenda Hambleton
- May 7
- 1 min
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Rain, rain, go away! So far May has delivered more than 4 inches of rain and some strong winds. The north shore of the lake got pounded....
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Photos by Diane Rung
Don and I are originally from Cleveland, Ohio. We moved to Naples, Florida in 1973. I bought Charlie and Mary Fillebrown's camp in 1989...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Mar 13
- 3 min
LEA Survey Team Finds NO MILFOIL!
by Charlie Tarbell I confess that I deeply love this lake Keoka and that I am also deeply troubled by the prospect of the lake becoming...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Update on LD 92: An Act to Minimize the Propagation of Invasive Aquatic Plants
The “milfoil bill” is still in committee. In January 2023, it was referred to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This group...
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10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 7
Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Mulch Bare Areas Heavily used areas frequently have compacted soils and little capacity to absorb runoff....
Missing Our Turtle Friend
By Claire Pendergast Sadly, we’ve lost one of our longtime residents. This large mature Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra Serpentina) was...
Fall Foliage Race 2023
by Paula Easton As summer winds down, we look forward to fall foliage and the 24th annual Waterford Fall Foliage 5K Road Race, Fitness...
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